North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency).

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Constituency
Current constituency

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

See also: Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Mid Scotland and Fife region are Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Perthshire North, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire and Stirling.

The region covers all of the Clackmannanshire council area, all of the Fife council area, all of the Perth and Kinross council area and all of the Stirling council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Fife is represented in the Scottish Parliament by five constituencies, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife and Glenrothes and North East Fife.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of a pre-existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. The Fife North East Westminster constituency was slightly enlarged.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the reshaped North East Fife constituency was formed from the following electoral wards:

• In full: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast, Tay Bridgehead, St Andrews, East Neuk and Landward, Cupar

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	1999	Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	2003
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	2007
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2011	Roderick Campbell	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	11,029	37.2	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	8,437	28.4	−13.8
	Conservative	Miles Briggs	5,618	18.9	−7.8
	Labour	Colin Davidson	3,613	12.2	+4.3
	UKIP	Mike Scott-Hayward	979	3.3	N/A
Majority			2,592	8.7
Turnout			29,676	50.1
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+ 16.8

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		12,435	42.3
	Conservative		7,869	26.7
	SNP		6,169	21.0
	Labour		2,312	7.9
	Others		638	2.2
Majority			4,566	15.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,307	42.2	−3.8
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,291	26.3	−2.5
	SNP	Roderick Campbell	6,735	21.4	+8.8
	Labour	Kenny Young	2,557	8.1	+0.1
	Independent	Tony Campbell	662	2.1	+2.1
Majority			5,016	15.9
Turnout			31,552	51.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.7

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,479	46.0	+6.5
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,424	28.8	+4.0
	SNP	Capre Ross-Williams	3,660	12.5	−6.0
	Labour	Gregor Poynton	2,353	8.0	−7.0
	Scottish Socialist	Carlo Morelli	1,366	4.7	N/A
Majority			5,055	17.3
Turnout			29,282	49.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.5

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: North East Fife

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	13,590	37.81	N/A
	Conservative	Ted Brocklebank	8,526	23.72	N/A
	SNP	Colin Welsh	6,373	17.73	N/A
	Labour	Charles Milne	5,175	14.40	N/A
	Independent	Donald MacGregor	1,540	4.28	N/A
	Independent	Robert Beveridge	737	2.05	N/A
Majority			5,064	14.05	N/A
Turnout			35,941
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing